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If you're looking for a sim, stop reading over now. Avalanche is for extreme boarding nuts with a craving for speed and a passion for danger. Break a leg.

19 Nov 03 1080 Snowboarding on the N64 was an amazing game. The gameplay was outstanding - you felt like you were actually weaving a snowboard through real snow, as it cut into the powdery stuff with a convincing scraping sound.
Before we go any further we have to say that, gameplay wise, 1080 Avalanche is nothing like its predecessor. Forget realism because this is nowhere near it and it doesn't even try to be. Avalanche is an all-out action-arcade style game.

From the word go, you will be stunned by the blistering pace that the game races along at. Snowboarding games tend to lack in the speed department, but Avalanche just rockets on. Neat little touches such as your boarder's clothes flapping in the wind and subtle screen blur really emphasise the feeling of speed.

Weaving in and out of all the rocks and trees at these speeds is challenge enough, but wait until you get caught in an avalanche. The snow slides in SSX 3 are cool, but compared to this, they're like a small snowball thrown at your head by your little brother. And if you don't get a move on, the screen will quickly fill with white powder, and your boarder will get smashed to the ground and flattened like a pancake. Race most definitely over.

It's not just the snow that's a hazard. You'll have to look out for tumbling rocks and icicles, as well as blizzards and fog that make it impossible to see what's up ahead. You'll also come across bridges that collapse as you try to cross them, you'll smash through the inside of a restaurant, grind down stairway handrails and sheets of ice that explode in your wake. Trying to battle your way through all this and win a race is a nail-biting experience.

When you're not racing, you'll be out on the half-pipe, Air-Make ramp, or the special stunt course known as Terrain Park, spinning 1080s and pulling flashy grabs. But compared to SSX 3, Avalanche's stunts aren't anywhere near as extreme.

In SSX 3, each time you jump you sail through the air, spinning and making your boarder flick his limbs around like an angry ninja. In Avalanche, the average course ramp won't allow you to do much more than a few quick grabs and a flip if you're good, before you hit the floor. Although if you pull enough spins on the Air-Make ramp, the game will slow down giving you more time to link together some extra grabs.

Your stunt and racing performance is affected not only by the boarder you choose, but also by the board they're using. You'll start off with a single board, but if you want to unlock more, you'll have to search for Coins in the Time Trial mode.

This gives you plenty to do, as each of the Coins are fragmented, and the pieces are placed in some hidden and awkward locations. All these gameplay modes, along with the four-player racing option and LAN features, means Avalanche will definitely not be a short-lived experience.

Don't look to Avalanche if you're hoping for a realistic blast on the slopes, because what you'll get is a fast-paced arcade game, made to be fun, rather than realistic.